Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga now claims that the police officers who raided former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i’s wanted to frame him.
Speaking on Friday in Keumbu town, Kisii County, Raila claimed that the officers wanted to plant evidence at Matiang’i’s home and then come to arrest him.
“Walienda Kuvamia Matiang’i kwa nyumba yake ati wanatafta ushahidi, kama wewe unataka kushtaki mtu si uko na ushahidi tayari sio ati unakwenda kutafta kwa nyumba yake. Walikua wanataka kuweka kitu ndani ya nyumba ya Matiang’i ndio waende wakamshike badae,” Raila claimed.
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The opposition chief defended Fred Matiang'i, saying he is ready to die fighting for him.
“Nilimuambiwa bwana Matiang’i wee kaa imara, mimi nitakufa na wewe. Hatutaki hao wajamaa warudishe nchi hii kwa upande ya giza pale tumetoka, hatuwezi kubali utawala wa dhuluma na kimabavu,” Raila added.
A multi agency police on Wednesday, February 15 raided Matiang’i’s home to obtain CCTV recordings.
Matiangi'is lawyer Danstan Omari however told the press that they didn't have a court order to access the former Interior CS's home.
"The police sneaked in without anybody knowing, arrested the watchman, broke the door and gained access to the former CS’s place, and ransacked the house," Omari told the press.
